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Facing Brutal Heat, the Texas Electric Grid Has a New Ally: ‌Solar Power

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/23/us/texas-heat-solar-energy.html?unlocked_article_code=bjOHQ3J3GsIOJHEjFQHh0Bb6FWktzC4dEpq4N0nzIdTZyWUVkphzFRFYBS2h0VhUzzZmi5BotT2hHZTqlrSTreh16hfRnuAjbq_ICtQIbnSsNoj8L9pHFlm7KR3uKvsgTMslACBTphN1qqD8cMMV1ezE3Wn6ca9tFsH2L-o20By1nSuUCMiJIHfph-wD46VcBNRvg0cuX2vZdLMqZ1A7-Lvjg1qSbdatDzi5Kk9tyfQV720R7DzjBkkXGDdpxz2cAkgkKrgaZbagxSFNCAbQ2orDooClRc4kuqfuFit7nkm4MI4iTsTBp_G3cJPqUl0H33hyDLa8SBlqWChk&smid=lemmy-share

The amount of solar energy generated in Texas has grown exponentially. Some Republicans question the state’s increasing reliance on renewable power.

Facing Brutal Heat, the Texas Electric Grid Has a New Ally: ‌Solar Power

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VenDiagraphein

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TX lawmakers are going to doom the state, again. "make no mistake, the 9th largest economy in the world runs on natural gas" - more like the largest laughing stock in the world blacked out the whole state on natural gas...

Wind was hit far less by the 2021 freeze, and solar was hardly impacted at all. Meanwhile, they continue to advocate for overreliance on under equipped natural gas facilities that completely failed to maintain functionality - shutting down TX for days, and killing 200 people as a result. Solar is the best option they have to prevent it from happening again, short of a total power grid overhaul, but instead of celebrating growth there, they decide to fearmonger about scary renewables.

silence7

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They came really close this year - one vote away from basically banning new large-scale renewable energy deployments.